Boys hoops | Okafor at home in Young's win over Benet

Jahlil Okafor has seen a lot between Young's national schedule and his summers with Team USA, but he'd never played in a place like this.

A basketball court in the middle of a 10,000-seat place of worship looked as strange as it sounds, but Okafor was right at home.

Young's 6-foot-11 junior was his typical dominant self as No. 2 Young wrapped up its regular season with a 61-46 victory over No. 7 Benet in the City-Suburban Showdown on Saturday at House of Hope Arena.

"This is actually the church I attend, so I was kind of hoping I had a good game here," Okafor said. "It looks totally different. It was really weird when I walked in the gym and saw all that open space. It was unique."

Benet (24-5) played one of the toughest schedules in the state and was never out of any of its first four losses until the final buzzer.

Against Young (24-3), Benet was never in it after a 10-0 first-quarter run gave the Dolphins a 14-5 lead.

Young shot 49.1 percent from the field against one of the state's stingiest defenses while limiting Benet to 31.9 percent.

"The chance of us seeing a better team than that in the playoffs is slim, unless we see them in Peoria," Benet senior Pat McInerney said. "We're going to benefit from playing against their athleticism.

"Obviously Okafor is a monster. I thought Sean did a pretty good job on him, as big as he is. At some point you just can't stop him."